Did Ancient India Have POOR Living Standards?

[@soumyabratamaiti19]

We honestly undermine Ancient Indian Civilization, because we didn't use much major materialistic objects and western historians classify civilization based on how much material objects they use. Also, I have noticed, if a certain civilization reaches their pinnacle of development (socio-economical), they become more self reflective, self conscious, and have high integrity. My argument is that, if you have all your needs fulfilled, you will focus more on your mental/ philosophical needs (Maslow's hierarchy of need). If you see Scripture (e. g. Gita) , we focused more on integrity, saving of nature, being honest, kind to all humans and animals, treat everyone equally etc. A civilization accepts such behavior, when the people understand deeply about the mechanism of nature/universe. For example, we focus more on nature now because we know more about global warming. Last but not the least, an expert civilization can mix art, science, and philosophy so efficiently that common people will only see the beauty, not the underlying complex science immediately. For example, look at our old temples, those are insanely good arts. Upon close inspection, you will see that those are civil engineering masterpieces. At the same time, most of out colorful festivals, or designing are based on modifying nature (like we love gardening so much). We didn't try to control nature like western approach, we used to play with it. We accepted everything, be it from nature or humans, as blessings. Acceptance and openness, according to western psychology, are signs of very healthy and intelligent mind. A final note: When someone is intelligent enough, he/ she will no longer use weapons as first line of defence. And look, patience and peace mostly in our blood like an evolutionary trait. Even if we hold weapons, we talk first. Anyways, I wish, people could see that ancient India (also Egyptian, Mayan) was much kinder and philosophically advanced. May be they were scientifically advanced too, we just do not understand it.

[@Tutanchat]

right

[@ssukhdeepkaur1783]

Materialism is good my guy materialism is neccessary for spiritualism m

[@ssukhdeepkaur1783]

Societies are more materialistic are either ignorant but happy or know they have a void in them they leads to philosophy to fill that void .

[@soumyabratamaiti19]

@@ssukhdeepkaur1783 ... I agree that materialistic approach is also necessary. We need both aspects and need to learn how to use them in a balanced manner. It's already mentioned in Gita, in terms of Vakti yog, Karma yog, Gyan yog. And we need to have balance in those activities (while being expert in at least one of them). Everyone becoming spiritual will cause the humans to have no purpose in this creation. And many of our philosophers focused on that too. But measuring everything in terms of materialistic scale may skew the perception towards other civilization, thus leading to classifications like : 3rd world country, illiterate country. For example, 1st world people say Iraq is backward country, didn't have culture based on their current lifestyle. But most of us didn't notice that Babylon, one of the advance civilizations in ancient time, was in Iraq. This subconsciously develops a notion in us that they will always be backward and stop us in letting them explore their potential. And the same is happening to us too. We are measuring ourselves, mostly, in terms of western materialistic scales. (Excluding balanced people like you). When we see that we are not winning the materialistic games with others, we subconsciously feel interiority complex, and mostly succumb to the rat races of society. A very few people do turn to philosophy in such situation, even if they do, that is just for soothing (like participation awards). Whereas, advanced society will keep both materialistic aspect and spiritual/ philosophical aspect with same priority, no matter the conditions. Like we always keep Gita as a beacon of truth even when many of us do not read it.

[@ssukhdeepkaur1783]

@@soumyabratamaiti19 true pure materialism is dangerous.

[@thrinethran2885]

Swami Vivekananda had this theory that waves of material prosperity invariably followed waves of spiritual advancement. He was therefore an indefatigable optimist concerning.the future of India because: "Spiritual work never tires in India".

[@vedicwarriorOriginal]

Very important to know this and the other historical facts. We have lost our pride and sense of self-worth in the past two hundred years. Reclaim your glory, Bharat! Vande Mataram! Jayatu Sanatana! 💪👍🙏🕉

[@S7evn201]

When we lost self-discipline, we lost everything. An indisciplined & unpatriotic society will go to the dogs.

[@vedicwarriorOriginal]

@@S7evn201 Absolutely.

[@Tutanchat]

right.

[@trevorjack8542]

Mahabartha is a epic legends tales and it talk about incarnations of devtas their avatars into human flesh and other animals like Krishna who is one avatar of Vishnu. Hanuman which is reincarnation of Shiva, Arjuna who is portion of Indra and like them many more. Like Drona, Dhenuka, Iravana etc etc. They are not even humans but many avatars of supreme devtas who incarnated themselves into human forms for their some cause. Its an ancient mythology and collection of myth and superstition or old fashioned way for representation Gods. The primitive early stone age human thoughts to see Gods in many form. Same like ancient European mythology gods like Thor the god of thunder, Venus, Jupiter or Ancient civilisations deities like in Old Babylonia, Ancient Egyptian Deities, Ancient Romans deities, Persians and Indusvalley or Harapan phase Deities in Indian sub continent. Idolatry and paganism superstition was common in early ancient civilisations. But it was faded all around the world since 5000 years ago. Modern human rejected to see incarnations and devtas and all that primitive and old fashioned way to see ancient gods in many form. HOW CAN YOU JUSTIFY THIS EPIC LEGEND AND THESE CHARACTERS INTO HUMAN HISTORY. IT DEFIES CLASSIC PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY AND GOES AGAINST THE LAWS OF SCIENCE AND GRAVITY.

[@vedicwarriorOriginal]

@@trevorjack8542 Son, pick up a book on Advaita Vedanta and read it paying a great deal of attention. Actually, don't worry about it. Watch a few videos on Advaita Vedanta. Then, go talk to a few physicists, scientists, neuro-scientists and other highly intelligent people. See if u can draw some parallels. Don't stop at that. Check out Hindu stories of celestial beings chasing each other across the firmament. Now, draw parallels with the movement of constellations across the sky. See if the penny drops. Still with me? OK... now do a bit of research on who discovered gravity (Nope, not Newton no matter how engrossing the 'apple falling on head story maybe!) Research on who discovered zero and formulated the number system we use to this day; on the mapping of the precise distance between earth; and other planets the discovery of earth being a sphere and not flat! Well, I could go on but u get the idea. I've given u plenty of material to work with. Come back to me when you've done some reading, watching and actual thinking. I will be right here to guide you on the next leg of your journey. Take care, my friend. 😉👍🙏

[@vaibhav2k13]

During mature phase of Sapta-Sindhu civilization India was 100% leading the world per capita GDP. Then again during 2nd Urbanisation during 500 BCE - 500 CE India once again was top of per capita stats most likely. Now we are in the period of third urbanisation and we will reclaim our spot in 5-10 decades.

[@itiswhatitis1226]

2nd urbanization started at 700BC-600BC, but yes, everything yes is true.

[@siyadruvanmaity4863]

can we become that glorious ancient India again, sir?

[@adityajeee9953]

No we can't We have to go beyond that level 😎

[@pranavmahamuni583]

I don't think it is possible with the current system of administration.... We need a drastic change in the system to go to that level within less time

[@siyadruvanmaity4863]

@@adityajeee9953 as the younger generation of Present India, we have to try. And yes we will go beyond 😎😎😎

[@অভিরূপসিনহা]

Agar hindu cha he to kuch bhi ho sak ta hya

[@relaxstation600]

Yes since within 70 years of freedom we surpassed UK's Economy, the very UK that had once colonised

[@VenomMolotov]

Diamonds are used to be sold on roads in the regions of Telangana Andhra Pradesh and karanataka during Vijayanagara empire

[@ianuragaggarwal]

India's lifestyle was always great. Full of life and bliss. Space for others respect for nature.

[@iemaj]

We need to rebuild our empire again and for that we need a sane mentality and critical thinking. Sometimes I think india heavily fluctuates between inferiority complex and superiority complex. We need a middle ground which our ancestors taught again and again. The ground to earth,subtle character

[@quasiosa]

Mohan Jo Dharo was highly Industrialised city 6000 years ago, designed much better than even today's Mumbai.

[@Shahanshah.Shahin]

According to some historians Mohenjo-Daro's real name could have "Kukkutarma" (and the city of chickens)

[@NoRiceToEat]

Hindu Nav varsh ki shubkamnayae sabko! Happy Nav Varsh 🙏🏻🌸

[@AlokSingh-cv7zz]

Abhijit Sir, Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge and making us more aware of history! One question: Have you discussed Bhavishya Puran? Do you believe in any of its prophecies?

[@architjain30]

Thanks for taking my question sir!

[@praveengoswami649]

please start a television show sir,,,,i want everyone to listen you.

[@atulborkar3504]

Very inciteful. One big difference worth mentioning is, people of India subcontinent have always been peaceful and content compared to others. even when we were the richest and most developed, there were never any conquests outside Indian sub continent. even today, despite of having lost to barbarism for around 800 years, we ahve managed to rebuild overselves and so long as three is no aggression,India will again emerge as No. 1 in say, 200 years

[@pronommoanindo7881]

With all due respect, I might have to contradict your statement sir. Bharat has been on conquest several times, and that also outside the Indian subcontinent. One example will be the Chola empire, which was in power for more than 1500 years, reigned over the entirety of south east asia, which includes south india, thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia and even the Philippines.

[@atulborkar3504]

@@pronommoanindo7881no man. Even Cholas...they had influence asa result of trade with south east asia. But it wasnt an armed conquest

[@shashanks8035]

@@atulborkar3504 I think the kanishka empire conquered the west

[@shashanks8035]

@@SaiAbitathaDUCIC yes. Very well said. We had many conquests and stuff but we never forced them to do anything. Indians are the most liberal people in the world.

[@S.......L]

india's gdp during independence was around 3% of the world while the population was about 20% of the world,but during the mauryan era india"s gdp was 33% of the world while its population was about 15-20%

[@nilotpalsarmahsarma8344]

भारत हमेशा से ही महान है

[@AmanSingh-cy6hw]

Especially, present day China and India were having more population just because living conditions were good that time All the needs were fulfilled That's why you see China and India seek to more spiritual knowledge and practice Hail our glorious civilization

[@Hari-ly9fp]

Great analysis sir, one pertinent question - why sudama was poor even after such flourishing economy 3500 years ago? Please answer, thanks

[@Batega_toh_Katega_Hindu_108]

I think it was a play of divinity. that incident has a lot of complex wisdom in it. it needed to happen for teachings of the future mankind. and its part of sudamas pervious karma to go through his destiny. India is so large country with large population even in ancient times that even if all wealth comes in India still some very few poor people will remain. i am sure there are other good reasons that i have missed or I don't know yet.

[@AshwinSriram]

There is a story during Adi Shankara's time (it can be found in Kanakadhara Stotram) where he talks about meeting a very poor Brahmin lady living in a small house. The lady had no food in her home (only one piece of amla). That was how much she was struggling. In that story it is explained how the lady's past-life negative karma brought her poverty in the present life. Anyway, that story was meant to teach us the value of something other than economics of those times. There will always be some people (some individuals or isolated cases) who are struggling economically in any large country (even a resource-rich country like ancient India). I don't think it is possible to "completely eliminate" economic misfortune in the lives of individuals as there will always be a few people struggling financially during certain periods of their life. Even in the stories of Buddha who lived 2000 years ago there are clear references to some people struggling in his town.

[@tishantchhabra6856]

In Yamunangar not so far from my location there is Saraswati Mata mandir which is of satyug and now there is only a talab there first of all there was Saraswati river there and now the talab left is thousand of years😞😞😞😞😞😞😞

[@sushant832]

What is the best way for India to reduce her population? Do we need to impose restrictions on everyone or just a certain community?

[@galaxray8700]

If restrictions are made....then it's for everyone. There should be no place for discrimination in India.

[@Jyotib514]

You can put thousand restrictions but they won't stop at ground level..

[@abhisp7162]

The only way population can decrease in India . Is when the youth actually feel no longer the need for children . It has been said that since more and more women are becoming independent and are having jobs and such , the fertility rate has decreased . So since we are a democracy , it is very difficult to bring the population down . Not impossible though but very difficult.

[@SainaBidi]

@@abhisp7162 birth rate decrease because well women will marry man who is more richer than her but not less than her

[@ChandhubhaiRacha]

send muslims away🤣🤣🤣🤣,control muslim babies😂😂

[@AkhilSharmaTech]

have learnt a lot from your videos

[@udaykhosla2616]

But if you’re talking about gdp in percentage then why not talk about the population in percentage as well...5 million at that time was around 30-40 percent of the world’s population...I may be wrong

[@hiteshgujarathi4636]

Not wrong but horribly wrong.

[@udaykhosla2616]

@@hiteshgujarathi4636 numbers are wrong…the right numbers are somewhere around 20 percent of the world population…Indian region has always been a highly populated area due to the fertility of the land

[@hiteshgujarathi4636]

@@udaykhosla2616 not really. Around 1 AD, world population were 200-300 million. So as per that data our population was only 1.8-1.9% of the world. Not that much really.

[@puneetkumar1575]

@askabhijit sir during Shahjahan time tajmahal was built but at the same time Villages of somewhere in India facing food crisis but Shahkahan was more interested to build Taj Mahal and after that he cut hands of all architects and labour but our song , movie and textbooks glorify him for this so called presius monument what you think about Shahjahan and tajmahal

[@alkapremlokre2988]

Yes during the mughal rule much of the wealth resided in the hands of the ruling classes ,though we get a good per capita GDP if we divide total gdp with total population,but living standards were very low like a country with small number of billionaires and majority of population below poverty line

[@Malfoy-bk8tm]

There is no academic study ever done to ascertain historical gdp before 1AD. So, I don't know how can we even assert that we had a greater share of the World gdp without actual numbers or any study, even if we assume for argument's sake it was such, the world gdp at the time was very tiny compared to what it is now because most people at the time were nomads and agriculturists, after industrialisation that has changed. This is a apples to oranges comparison, it conceivable living standard were better at the time although it is certain it would barely even reach what the present day Chinese has today.

[@jojobabok9373]

Not to mention, the ability to support a large population itself is a civilizational accomplishment (not a natural given). The agrarian revolution was no less of a game changer to humanity than the industrial revolution. Do note, the former also brought in a lot of abstract thinking possibilities (mathematics, bureaucracy, contract law, astronomy, organized warfare, etc.,) for the first time in human history. Comparing this to Northern Europe of the time... would be an overkill.

[@ussainthannikund7643]

But where are your sources...

[@greatsir43]

Man that wallpaper 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@kaushiksaikia8248]

Why is that our real history and civilisation is considered as myth in the present days? Should we consider Ramayana and Mahabhrata as our history or just epic? If they are part of our history, then how we can eliminate the concept of myth?

[@mohanprakash5137]

Ramayana and mahabharata is our history it is not a myth.

[@kaushiksaikia8248]

@@mohanprakash5137 yes I know...But how the concept of myth can be eliminated?

[@mohanprakash5137]

@@kaushiksaikia8248 Just by spreading the truth and causing awareness among everyone.

[@shashanks8035]

@@kaushiksaikia8248 it's being proven finally after 200 years that Sri Rama and Sri Krishna are historical figures.

[@kaushiksaikia8248]

@@mohanprakash5137 point

[@arkoghoshdastidar3772]

Now we share 7.04% of world's GDP. We will achieve 1/3rd of world's GDP in next 100 years.

[@aryaputram]

Sir please also took questions from comments 😃🥰

[@atharvjaju2703]

Obviously back in 1700-1900 india includes gdp Pak, ban, Burma, afg, Bhutan , Nepal etc.

[@Itsmikebitch]

#AskAbhijit why do we keep revisiting the past glory of India again and again. We were the best! YES got it! But How about now..?! Why not focus on how we can bring back the glory, instead of boasting about the past that will never come.. It's an uphill battle for sure but one worth fighting. Let's stop living in Past and let's embrace the future we'll build together.

[@Mockheed_Lartin]

If the past generation was good, the present is best, evolution has proved us. We're definitely gonna do it there's no doubt , but a pinch of effort and a ton of patience is all we need.

[@pratibhatomar9230]

Hello Sir, Thank you for such an insightful facts. I have a request which I would like to put here. Could you kindly create a video on the Topic: Steps taken to destruct Indian in monetary terms. Sub topics could be: Time before golden Age, Golden Age, Process of poverty, highest poverty time and the afterwards journey of Indian citizens.

[@Rishav946]

"No one wins a war. It is true, there are degrees of loss, but no one wins.” -XAVIER..

[@paritoshjha28]

What's the use of these quote here, these is not a war video so stop copying same comment everywhere in name of xavier

[@shivamkumarrai9687]

Xavier is lol

[@wallace3199]

Like. U just want likes lol

[@gurugantaal5782]

MORE THE POPULATION MORE THE ADVANTAGE .... POPULATION IS NEVER A PROBLEM

[@immortal__-__2994]

Agree

[@AyushBhushan922]

#AskAbhijit Then why lord ram killed a shudra saint named shambuk on his caste who was doing mediation and who was interested in learning veda ,whose story is mentioned in Valmiki ramayana, uttar kanda ,sargas 73 -76.

[@avinashkomaravolu2781]

You can get the answers of you read before and after 73-76

[@factseek]

India had around one third of the world 's GDP because it had around one third of the world's population. What's the big deal?

[@factseek]

1000 years ago, the sum total of GDP PPP of the world was less than 3 percent of that of present day India. GDP PPP per capita of countries throughout the world was around 1000 dollars. Today, it ranges from around 7000 dollars for a relatively poor country such as India to 100000 dollars for a rich country such as Singapore. No matter how many books on history one has read, it's useless if he/she isn't aware of this economic miracle and its causes and the vastly better standards of living that it ensued in.

[@Ayaantastic]

Sad part is we were rich but not strong thats outsiders looted us 😭 they dint save anything for us,

[@rohitjagdale8372]

Sir why we come under mughal rule or British rule though our education system was better,our ancestors were literate is it that because our ancestors were not clever.

[@paritoshjha28]

#AskAbhijit hello abhijit ji, can you please share your thoughts regarding the book "INDIA, THAT IS BHARAT" #jaishreeram

[@অভিরূপসিনহা]

Sir, ancient india ke ba re me sahi sahi history jan ne ke liye kon kon si kitab paru.

[@staarfinger7322]

IVC and Mauryas till Ashoka was a high end states. After that, it was a low end state

[@anonymous-kp8er]

In 5000 BCE the world had only around 12 million people. So 5 million of Harrapan Civilization would have been huge at that time.

[@-BVishnuKarthikeya]

Good cover Pic sir

[@shashanks8035]

#askabhijit is there a connection between the 'satan' and 'shaitan' in hindi or saathan in tamil. Are the western religions related to Hinduism?

[@mandeep512]

#askabhit sir can you explain how untouchability come to practice in india .2 did the constitution really help india to overcome from castesim or it has increase castesim along different section of hindu society .3 your view on sc st act should it stand after 75 year of independence and 30 year of this act

[@alpha-vs1fx]

British times.

[@neelakantannatarajan3851]

If india was poor Why britush came here and looted 45 trillion dollars Poor country had so much money

[@rajvanshkuldeep8354]

Have you seen rajiv dixit videos on indian history

[@coolbro4230]

Sir why are so many countries diplomats coming to india at single day ? As mr jaishankar said the west have bought more than 15% oil of what they used to then why are they trying to pressure india , i mean why cant we buy if they can? Only Sergei lavrov has met PM, how would the quad relations be after these incidents?

[@davidbilla8063]

To pressure India not to buy Discounted price Russian oil and gas ,And we planning to bypass American dollar and Swift system we planned to trade with Rupees ruble with Russia using our own technology it's rattled whole Western countries 😂 why?? It's a signal to whole world Many countries will follow our method if India successfully demonstrates this

[@Swaraj5thakur]

#AskAbhijit as u said in ur previous video that usa wanted india as ally by giving india nuclear weapons and giving a seat in un permanent security council so what would happen if we became US allies(then in 20th century) rather than becoming Russian ally what would be the advantages and disadvantages of it ? and was it a right decision by nehru back then by becoming ally to ussr rather than becoming an ally to usa ?

[@CruWiT]

"Became enemy of the United States is bad, Being friends is destructive" -Henry Kissinger

[@I.jd22]

5 million??!! I don't believe it.. please tell me how is it possible?

[@ttdx6851]

50 लाख भाई पूरा वहां अफगानिस्तान से बर्मा तक

[@sumeetbehera3109]

#AskAbhijit Sir, British colonized India and also US. But how did the US became so wealthy and powerful after british and how India only deterioriated. What great policies did the US followed to boost its economy and become a superpower

[@factseek]

300 years ago, more than 90 percent of population in any region of the world was living in extreme poverty by today's standards. But with the introduction and strengthening of property rights, countries in the West became enormously richer and have reduced their extreme poverty levels to almost zero, while India got only marginally rich till the 1980s. Since then, owing to reforms , our extreme poverty levels have gone down to around 5 percent. Yet, we are 6-8 times poorer than the leading Western countries on a per capita basis even after taking the cost of living into account.

[@factseek]

@@akhandbharat1593 You must be kidding, if it were really so easy for a foreign company to do business in Inda, we would have already been the richest country in the world. India had been one of the mot protectionist in the world since independence till the recent decades and hence, no wonder our people were starving. Protectionism impedes growth, not otherwise.

[@factseek]

@@akhandbharat1593 I have read thousands of pages of economics. I don't need any advice from an economic illiterate like you.

[@factseek]

@@akhandbharat1593 I have read thousands of pages of economics. I don't need any advice from an economic illiterate like you.

[@chinmayawagh]

Sir I know you don’t watch movie but please watch the Kashmiri files it’s not made by Bollywood it’s made by a individual filmmaker who is boycotted from Bollywood it’s a brutal truth we would love to know ur opinion on the same

[@rajdeepsrivastava3035]

#AskAbhijit a country which does not want war intimidates its enemies by showing of the technology and capability but in case of india we are very silent about our trump cards(hypersonic vehichle, ssn a, ssn b , agni 6). Do you think that mr. Doval wants our enemies to attack so that we can retalliate ?

[@pankajsen7886]

#AskAbhijit sir what is origin of sen (barber) caste in rajasthan. please answer this one.

[@techintern5566]

#AskAbhijit sir when I was in 10 th class I tried to argue with my teacher about the true facts about India the western and our grt nehru ji but she just said get out of the class if you want to speak rubbish.so what's your thaught on it that even we as Indians can't accept our past and just praise the wrong people.but why?

[@arkadeepchanda9524]

Leftist,

[@rahulnamboori5540]

Less population is very important because, over population without any means to implement the skills and knowledge results into a liability for the whole country

[@TONYSTARK-ns3wc]

I am from Nalanda 🚩

[@ΦυλακαςΔικαιοςΕλλην]

India was reacher than the persian empire in the old days.

[@Yellow_dots]

45 trillion (India's lost wealth) divided by 5 million (old Indian population) is 9 million, if we didn't loose that much money to the Mughals and Brits we would have 9 million GDP per Capita (still more than any other country today) If we divide it by 1.4 billion, it would still be 32 thousand, not the best GDP per capital compared to other small countries, but still WAY more than today's GDP per capita of India

[@BhagyanagarUpdates]

Dollar value comes here.

[@factseek]

Ah, that magic figure given by one JNU Marxist.

[@NoRiceToEat]

And it would've doubled over the last 70 years and digitalization of the world! That means we would've had more than that...the most wealthy land in the world! And who knows what kind of inventions and discoveries this land would've done...I means look at our ancestors they were talking about multiverse more than 5000 years ago....if our civilization was not plundered and our culture disrupted...we would've been the worlds most scientifically and technologically advanced nation. The potential is striking!

[@Yellow_dots]

@@NoRiceToEat true

[@Mockheed_Lartin]

@@NoRiceToEat we are they're descendents, why can't we do it now, ik it'll take time but slow changes show some gradual differences 🔥

[@অভিরূপসিনহা]

British , mughal , muslims lutera the.

[@SainaBidi]

Ab kaale angrej

[@TONYSTARK-ns3wc]

080 BC :- Vikramaditya era😎🚩⚔️🕉️🇮🇳

[@choudharyvickychahal524]

Yeah

[@TONYSTARK-ns3wc]

@Java ok but don't cry more 080 bc only Vikramaditya

[@SandeepPatel-sg9os]

Correct

[@ocean-nerdrage4170]

Even with the Mughals destroying our economy our GDP was still 25% of the world 😆🔥

[@dharmapersona2084]

That's because it's the Delhi Sultanate that mainly destroyed the GDP, the Mughals focused on other matters like forced conversion.

[@paritoshjha28]

@@descendedofrigvedicclans2216 I quess because of chola empires & then specially the marathas 🔥

[@paritoshjha28]

@@descendedofrigvedicclans2216 even they had occupied the western part for very short period & can never occupied eastern part, they mostly were only limited to North & centre

[@alkapremlokre2988]

Yes but but that 25% was in the hands of the ruling class (I.e) mughals.

[@sai_69]

Evidence

[@singhskeptic5742]

Share of global GDP doesn't indicate standard of living of people. GDP per capita was very low. Check out gini coefficient during mughal rule. Amsterdam and London had per capita income more than Delhi during 1600s itself.

[@theinformationbomber7102]

it wasn't very low it was slightly behind netherlands and england because of our high population share of global GDP does mean a lot there's a reason why europeans so desperately wanted to come to India

[@arunsaxena634]

#Askabhijit , why some books and people shows Nehru as Greatest Prime Minister ever india had , even at the time death of Nehru international media commeneted that it would be very difficult for india to rise again.

[@josephmathew939]

Omg Imagine the land owned per person in India that time